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tdelibs/kdecore/network/kmulticastsocket.h

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/* -*- C++ -*-
* Copyright (C) 2003 Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@kdemail.net>
*
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
* a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
* "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
* without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
* distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
* permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
* the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
* in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
* MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
* NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
* LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
* OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
* WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
#ifndef KMULTICASTSOCKET_H
#define KMULTICASTSOCKET_H
#include "kdatagramsocket.h"
#include "kmulticastsocketdevice.h"
namespace KNetwork {
class KMulticastSocketPrivate;
/**
* @class KMulticastSocket kmulticastsocket.h kmulticastsocket.h
* @brief A multicast-capable datagram socket class
*
* This class derives from @ref KDatagramSocket adding methods to it to
* allow better control over the multicast functionality. In special,
* the join and leave group functions are added.
*
* Other more low-level options on multicast sockets can be accessed
* directly with the @ref KMulticastSocketImpl class returned by
* @ref multicastSocketDevice.
*
* @author Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@kdemail.net>
*/
class KDECORE_EXPORT KMulticastSocket: public KDatagramSocket
{
// Q_add-it-here_OBJECT
public:
/**
* Constructor.
*/
KMulticastSocket(QObject* parent = 0L, const char *name = 0L);
/**
* Destructor.
*/
~KMulticastSocket();
/**
* Returns the multicast socket device in use by this object.
*
* @note The returned object can be null.
*/
KMulticastSocketImpl* multicastSocketDevice();
/**
* @overload
*/
const KMulticastSocketImpl* multicastSocketDevice() const;
/**
* Joins a multicast group. The group to be joined is identified by the
* @p group parameter.
*
* @param group the multicast group to join
* @returns true on success
*/
virtual bool joinGroup(const KSocketAddress& group);
/**
* @overload
* Joins a multicast group. This function also specifies the network interface
* to be used.
*/
virtual bool joinGroup(const KSocketAddress& group,
const KNetworkInterface& iface);
/**
* Leaves a multicast group. The group being left is given by its address in the
* @p group parameter.
*
* @param group the group to leave
* @returns true on successful leaving the group
*/
virtual bool leaveGroup(const KSocketAddress& group);
/**
* @overload
* Leaves a multicast group.
*/
virtual bool leaveGroup(const KSocketAddress& group,
const KNetworkInterface& iface);
private:
KMulticastSocketPrivate *d;
};
} // namespace KNetwork
#endif